Improvement in cooking-vessels



Cooking Vessels.

yN0. 136,467, Patnted March 4, 1873.

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WILLIAM Y. TEOMsOn, or OrsTEE BAY, NEW roer.

IMPROVEMNi IN OKiG-VSSELS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. lhl', dated March 4, 1873.

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Figure lis a top view of a boiler to which my improvements have been applied, part of the cover being broken away to show thel construction. Fig. 2 isY a side view of the same, partly in section, through the line x x, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved cooking vessel or boiler which shall be so constructed that the cover will be held securely in place while the water is being poured from the solid contents of said boiler, and that the contents of said boiler may be tried to see if they are fully cooked Without its being necessary to remove the cover for that purpose; and it consists in the cover, made with perforations,

. notches, and holes, and provided with a handle and flaps, as hereinafter fully described, to adapt it to be applied to a vessel provided with a shoulder or flange and stops, and in the small bail and inclined lugs, constructed and applied to a vessel provided with an ordinary bail, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents an ordinary cooking-boiler, upon the inner surface of which, near its upper edge, is formed, or to it is attached, a shoulder or flange, a, for the cover to rest upon, and which may extend wholly or partly around the boiler, as may be desired. To the inner surface of the boiler, upon its opposite sides, are formed, or to it are attached,pro jections or pins a2, at such a distance above the shoulder or iiange al as to afford space between them for`the cover. B is the cover, in the forward part of which is formed a number of small holes, b1, `through which the liquid contents of the boiler may flow out when the said boiler is tilted. The perforated part of the cover B is covered with a flap, O, hinged to the middle part of the cover, and the edge of which is so formedas lto t against the inner surface of the boiler A, to prevent the escape of steam through the holes b1. In

the edge of the perforated part of the cover L B are formed notches b2, corresponding in 'A position with theposition of the stops a? upon one side of the boiler A, so that by turning f back the flap O, and turning the cover B around so as to bring the notches b2 to the stops a2, that edge of the cover may be raised, allowing the cover to be detached. The cover B is provided with a handle, D, for convenience in handling it. Inthe cover B is formed a hole, b3, of sufcient size to allow a fork to be inserted through it to try77 the contents of the boiler, whether they be fully cooked. The hole b3 is provided with a iiap, E, to cover it and prevent the escape of steam. The iiaps O and E are provided with knobs or small handles for convenience in raising them when required. F is the ordinary bail, which is pivoted to ears formed upon the opposite sides of the boiler in the ordinary manner. Upon one side of the lower part of the boiler A are cast, or to it are attached, two lugs, G, at a little distance apart, which lugs project outward, and incline or curve toward each other, as shown in Fig. l. H is a small bail, the ends of which are bent outward, and are passed fromthe inner side through holes in the lugs G, as shown in Fig. 2.

By this construction, when no wcightis upon the bail H, the elasticity of the wire forming the bail and the inward inclination of the lugs G will hold the said bail in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 2. When' weight is thrown upon the bail H in tilting the boiler the elasticity of the wire that forms the bail H allows the said bail to work in the lugs Gr as readily as if they were straight.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent- l. The cover B made with the perforations b1, the notches b2, and the liole b3, and provided with the handle D and aps O and E, substantially as herein shown and described, to adapt it to be applied to a vessel provided with the shoulder or iiange a1 and stops a2, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The bailH and inclined lugs G, constructed andapplied to a vessel provided with an ordinary bail, F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM Y. THOMSON. p

Witnesses: J AMES T. GRAHAM,

T. B. MosHER. 

